Improvement in secretaries



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Secretaries.

No.155,604`. 7 A g Patented 0Cf.6,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. WOOTON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN -SEC'RETARIES.

Specifioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,604, dated October 6, 1874; application filed March 11, 1874.

T0 all whom it may concern: r

Be-it known that I, W ILLIAM S. WooroN,

f of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Secretaries; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing mak- -ing a part of this specification, in which- V gether equal in width to the other, each part being provided with compartments or pigeonholes suitable for storing books, papers, &c., and the two lesser parts hinged to the greater part,to serve as doors to the secretary, as will hereinafterfimore fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing, the secretary A is composed of three parts, B, O, and O'. The parts O and O' are together equal in width to the part B, and are hinged thereto to serve as doors for the secretary. Eaoh part, B, C, and O', is provided with compartments or pigeon-ho1es1)`,suitable for receiving and storing books, papers, &c. The part B s provided with a folding desk, E, hinged thereto so as to fold upwardly within the secretary when it is desired to close the same. The part O is provided with a spring-Catch, F, which bites upon the keeper G within the part B only when both of the parts O and C' are closed. A keeper, H, is made i`n the part O to receive the bolt from a lock on the part O'. I is a spring-catch in the edge of the folding desk E for holding it in place when closed. J J are' the legs or supports upon which the secretary rests.

Having thus described my improvements, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A secretary constructed in three parts, two of which are 'together equal in width to the other, each part being provided with compartments or pigeon-holes suitable for storing books, papers, &c., and the two lesser parts hinged to the greater part to serve as doors to the secretary, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvements as above described, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th' day o March, 1874. v

WM. S. WOOTON. [L. s]

Witnesses:

F. L.- PERLEY, T. MUNGEN. 

